Paper casing for hoes.



E. D.-LOWELL.

PAPER CASING FOR HOES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. I915.

' 1,152,957. PatentedSept. 7, 1915.

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entra n era as rarer rriro ERWIN I). LOWELL, OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS VILLAGE, OHIO, ASSIG'NOR TO THE AMERICAN FORK 6t HOE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,

OHIO.

OHIO, IA CORPORATION OF PAPER CASING FOR HOES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERWIN D.'LowELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland Heights Village, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented manufacture and its delivery to the user.

I-Ieretofore it has been customary for the manufacturer or wholesaler to deliver hoes in a package containing a number of articles, sothat in selling a single article it was necessary for the retailer to break the original package andthus the unsold portions thereof became soiled, rusted or otherwise damaged, interfering with their ready sale.

I have discovered a very simple form of paper casing, by which the entire hoe may be quickly and simply incased in an individual package, protecting it until finally retailed.

I have further arranged my casing so that it may very readily carry an advertisement of the manufacturer if desired.

My complete casing consists of two parts, namely, a tube or bag adapted to inclose the handle and extend. over onto the shank of the hoe head, and a sheet wrapper so formed that it may be folded about the blade of the hoe and around the shank and secured by a single staple to the tube which covers the handle. I

My invention is hereinafter more fully explained and the essential characteristics are I set out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an edge view of a hoe head and a portion of the handle, equipped with my casing. The remaining figures show, on a smaller scale, the covering for the head, in various stages of complete positioning. Fig. 2 isa view of the paper sheet or blank which makes the casing for the head; Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive are elevations of the outer face of the hoe blade with the paper casing therefor in successive stages of completion; Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the hoe with the wrapping for the head and shank in place except as to the fastening of the shank portionto the tube; This view also illustrates the handle -0f the hoe completely covered by the tube.

As shown in the drawings, 10 represents the blade of a hoe; 11 the shank thereof, terminating in a socket 153. Into this socket extends the handle 15.

20 indicates the casing for the handle, socket and adjacent portion of the shank. This casing is adeep tube of paper closed at its outer end 21 and adapted to be slipped over the handle of the hoe, terminating comparatively close to the blade.

30 indicates the blank for forming the casing for the blade. This blank is approxi- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. '7, 1915,

mately triangular, or more specifically, is v composed of a trapezoidal portion 31 and a rectangular portion 32, the rectangular portion being bifurcated by a central slot 33;

In applying the blank shown, it is first placed on the inner face of the hoe blade Then the portions of the blank beyond the side edges of the blade are lapped over onto the blade and onto the other portions of the blank, as the case may be, as shown in Fig. 4, where 36 and 37 indicate these folded wings of the blank. The bottom portion of the folded blank is then folded upwardly across the outer face of the hoe blade, the blank bending at the cutting edge of the hoe. Fig. 5 shows the casing when in this position, the fold last given being indicated by 88. Then the portion of this fold 38, which is above the blade, is folded onto the shank and over the end of the tube 20, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and 1. In this condition the head casing has a portion39 lying over the shank and extending beyond the paper tube 20, and to complete the operation it is only necessary to bring the edges of this portion 39 together beneath the shank and there to fasten them to each other and to the tube. This is preferably done by a single staple 40, which passes through the two portions 39 and through both folds of rust incident to moisture, for the paper confines the air about the blade and prevents free circulation thereof. The result is that the hoe may be kept in stock by the retailer for a long time and is still always in salable condition. I I

It will be noticed that the portion of the casing on the outer face of theblade is almost entirely a single smooth surface, so that it is well adapted for displaying an advertisement or other indication, printed on it. The lettering designated 45 in Figs. 5 and 6, is intended as illustrative of any suitable printing on this portion of the casing. m

Having thus described my invention,.what I claim is:

1. The combination, with a hoe having a blade shank and handle, of a casing comprising a tube extending over the handle of the hoe and Well toward the blade, and a sheet folded onto both sides of the blade over the shank of the blade and beyond the inner end of the tube and there secured to the tube.

2. The combination, with a hoe, of a casing comprising a tube closed at its outer i 7 end and extending over the handle well toward the blade, and a sheet extending onto the inner side ofthe blade and folded across the cutting edge of the blade upwardly on the outer side and backwardly over the shank, such sheet having the portion over the shank bent transversely into a U-shape about the shank and onto the opposite sides of the tube, and means for fastening such U-shaped portions to the tube.

3. The combination, with a hoe, of a casing comprising a tubeclosed at its outer end and extending over the handle well toward the blade, and a sheet extending onto the inner side of the blade and folded across the cutting edge of the blade upwardly on the outer side and backwardly over the shank, such sheet having the portion over the shank bent transversely into a U-shape about the shank and onto the opposite sides of the tube, and a single fastening device passing through the two U-shaped portions and the intermediate tube to hold the parts of the casing together.

4:. The combination, with a hoe head, of a casing consisting of a blank bifurcated and lapped over the hoe blade on opposite sides of the shank, extending along the inner face of the blade and then bent upwardly parallel with itself across the cutting edge of the blade onto the outer face of the blade, and then bent over the shank and brought together beneath the shank.

5. The combination, with a hoe head, of a casing comprising an approximately triangular sheet of paper having a portion lying on the inner face of the bee blade, wings at the side bent across the edges of the hoe blade and onto the outer face, and a portion below the cutting edge which is then bent upwardly onto the outer face of the blade and over the lapped wings, the narrowest portion of the blank being then bent still farther across the top of the shank and bent around the shank.

6. The combination, with a hoe blade and shank, of a casing made of a sheet bifurcated to straddle the shank and be bent over the upper edge of the blade, the casing then extending downwardly along the inner face of the blade and then bent inwardly over the side edges of the blade and then bent upwardly on the outer face of the blade above the blade and then bent over the top of the shank the portion of the casing which passes over the top of the shank being bent around the shank and secured together on the under side of the shank.

7. A casing for hoes comprising a blank having a trapezoidal portion and a rectangular portion extending rom the larger edge ofthe trapezoidal portion, said rectangular portion being centrally bifurcated, said blank being bent on itself in the following manner, namely; the portions on opposite sides of the bifurcation being bent parallel with the main body of the blank, the pertions of the rectangular part adjacent to the edges and part of the trapezoidal part being then bent parallel with the main portion, then the trapezoidal portion being bent along a line substantially at the lower edge of the rectangular portion into a position parallel with the main body of the rectangular portion, and then the projecting part of the trapezoidal portion is bent approximately at right angles to the rest of the blank. I

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERWIN l). LOl/VELL. Witnesses ALBERT H. Barns, F. K. WIDMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0'. 

